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What is business analysis? One should not restrict the BA role to only being a
link between Non-It and IT or only for development projects.A BA is someone
who is able to bring in improvements, changes (technology, process, people etc.)
in an efficient manner. So a BA could be part of the marketing team who helps
the marketing team in providing estimates/high level solutions for a said project
which is under the process of procurement. Or he could be someone involved
during the Requirement gathering/analysis once the project is initiated. Or he
could be someone who brings profit to the company by performing process
improvement activities ROIs at process level.Last but not the least BAs could be
domain specific as well.
What are Typical process steps to Conduct Feasiblity Study?
Based on the size and/or complexity of the situation, the study effort may be
broken down into smaller, more manageable pieces and prioritized accordingly.
The typical process steps to conducting a feasibility study include those outlined
below.
It must be noted that these steps are often be conducted concurrently, iteratively
and, in fact, some steps may be omitted entirely, depending on the complexity
and criticality of the effort.
Process steps include:
* Determine requirements for the study
* Determine objectives, scope and approach, and plan the effort
* Conduct a current state assessment
* Identify potential solutions
Determine the feasibility of each option
* Document and communicate the results of the study, and obtain approval to
develop the Business Case for the recommended solution.
direct would lead to a Lead Business Analyst position and then Project Manager
whereby the incumbent manages projects through the entire lifecycle from
inception to post-implementation including the management of business analysts'
system analysts quality assurance analysts and most likely development project
managers or team leads. That path would then lead to Program Management
perhaps PMO management or Product Manager and on to Directorship. In
addition a good Business Analyst may find they are heading toward a Customer
Relationship Manager position whereby they become the primary IT interface to
a given Business Unit (BU).
This role most often leads to a position within the BU as a Manager of
Applications or a Process Management role. Process Management opens many
jobs including process re-engineering quality program development and large
scale or enterprise process management programs such as ITIL or Six Sigma
initiatives. These roles will continue to proliferate as companies realize the
benefits of having a SME in process and quality. And still many Business
Analysts find their understanding of business process entirely portable into purely
system related positions in the business side that are only peripherally related to
IT. These of course may lead to quantitative roles manager roles or operational
roles such as supply chain logistics et cetera.Of central importance to a
successful Business Analyst is the interest in speaking to people. Face to face
verbal communication is paramount to support other tools such as surveys and
diagrams. Incumbents must be interested in understanding not only the pieces
that comprise a system but the people that comprise it and the realities that
embrace the system.
Briefly the Business Analyst must understand and not judge the what should be
and the what is. How would you transform business requirements to functional
requirements? While preparing Business requirements documents you mention
why you need to built a system, i.e. problem statement. What you need to do
while creating functional requirements is you have to specify is, solution of the
problem. Specify thoroughly business problem and explain solution for the same.
Business requirement documents does not necessarily contains solution part,
functional requirement may contain it how end user wants the system to perform.
Don't forget to add non-functional requirements same doc.
Following is the instance of Business Requirement, Functional Requirement and
Non-Functional Requirement.
Business Requirements :- sales order is made against customers purchase
order. Sales order is given for approval to upper authority
Functional requirement:- Sales order shall be made with reference from
But a lot of bigger organizations have been using Rational Software. Rational
software licensing is expensive so you might not find it being used everywhere.
Rational Requisite Pro (for Requirement Management)
Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest (For change management)
I have also found that some places like using MS-SharePoint, telelogic DOORS
and other tools for document collaboration. I would say, keep a working
knowledge of MS SharePoint, at least.Sometimes you might end up being a BA
com QA. As such, it is nice to have a working knowledge of creating Test cases,
using Load Runner, QTP etc.For more articles on BA and Interview Questions
ans answers from BABOK , and Jobs for Business Analyst.Please visit http://www.crackinterviews.com/blog/groups/business-analyst-interviewquestions/forum/